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CCCE-Master-M4000

 

 

  Control, Computer and Communications Engineering (M.Sc.) - 3rd semester

Information literacy training and writing seminar within module "Master Thesis with Thesis Defense"

 

 

Module code

M4000

 
Semester

Winter 2024/25

 
Course objectives

Information literacy training and writing seminar in preparation for the master thesis:

  1. Introduction to the library search portal THMfind and subject-specific database
  2. Practice on formulating paraphrases to avoid plagiarism 

 
 

Further information and literature

 

Date

 

October 21 and 28, 2024, 5:20 p.m. - 6:50 p.m.

 
Room

Online via the software Zoom (the access information are provided via Moodle)

 
Lecturer Maria Bruno

 

Please note

 

Recording images or sound is not permitted

 

 

 

 

Course Contents

 

1

Introduction

 
 

About the university library: library collection and service

 

Research check list
   
2

Finding and assessing resources

 
2.1 

Research preparation

 
2.1.1

Gathering research vocabulary (table 2)

 

2.1.2

 

 Resources for research vocabulary

2.1.3

 

Types of publication (What to search for)

 

2.2

 

 Criteria for the assessment of academic resources
2.3

Search strategies (How to formulate a query)

 
2.4

Information resources (Where to look)

 
2.4.1

Catalogues, databases, discovery interfaces and scientific search engines

 
2.4.2

Finding databases using DBIS (Datenbankinformationssystem)

 
2.4.3

Examples in Class

 
2.4.3.1

THMfind, the university's library search portal (looking for academic resources within the library catalog and several databases that have been licensed by the university)

 
2.4.3.2

TIB portal

 
2.4.3.3

Databases for researching technical standards

 
2.4.3.4

IEEE Xplore

 
2.4.3.5

zbMATH Open

 
2.4.4

Choose your information resources - step by step

 
2.5

Accessing eBooks, eJournals and databases at home...

 

2.5.1

 

 ...via VPN (manual and videotutorial)

2.5.2

 

 ...via Shibboleth (videotutorial)
2.6

Article and book request services (inter-library loan, ...)

 
3

Including read facts in your own text - paraphrase versus plagiarism

 

4

Further information

 
4.1

Reference management and knowledge organization with Citavi or EndNote

 

4.2

 

Fromatting in Word

 

4.3

 

Library courses and consulting service

 

 

 

bibTutorial: http://bibtutorial.pbworks.com | Stand: 2024/10

Ein Angebot der Hochschulbibliothek der Technischen Hochschule Mittelhessen: https://www.thm.de/bibliothek/lernortplus | rechercheberatung@bib.thm.de | Impressum

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